Its story

HIP 30970 has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 30970: right ascension 6h 30m 2s, declination +7° 55′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 30970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30970, HD 45829, Gaia DR3 3324706116226617856. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.